[svlug] removing multiple directories

[jim]

   it would help if you show the directory 
hierarchy (i.e. what does the  ls  command 
show). 

   given that you want to remove all files and 
directories under 
cje at rb:/media/videos/10.2.cje/harddrive05/ 

$ cd /media/videos/10.2.cje/harddrive05 
$ ls   # what does this show? 
$ rm -R * 

   the above will remove recursively everything 
below the current directory with the exception 
of any files or directories that begin with 
the  .  character. 

   the command you showed in your email asks 
the  rm  command to recursively remove all 
files that have a  .  character anywhere in 
their names. 
   i'm guessing you learned that  *.*  business 
from your MS-DOS days. 


On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 16:53 -0700, Christian Einfeldt wrote:
> hi
> 
> I would like to rm a bunch of video that I have backed up, and I am
> finding that I am having to do 
> 
> $ sudo rm -r [dirname] 
> 
> for each individual dir, and there are multiple directories.  I tried 
> 
> $ sudo rm -r *.*
> 
> and I got this error
> 
> cje at rb:/media/videos/10.2.cje/harddrive05$ sudo rm -r *.*
> rm: cannot remove `*.*': No such file or directory
> 
> How would I rm the directories below harddrive05 in one fell swoop?  I
> am obviously making some kind of basic mistake.  Thanks in advance.  
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